Opinion, by Michael Royster
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Curmudgeon has always maintained that Le Brésil is a Mediterranean country, save for an accident of plate tectonics which saw it move west rather than north when it came out of Africa eons ago. Recent corroborating evidence has reached us, through BBC Radio 4.
In the South of France, near the Pyrénees, there are dozens of “spa” towns, where thousands of French come to “take the cure” (at government expense, naturellement). In these parts, there are more pharmacies than you can shake a forked stick at; if you do . . .
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